Grecotel Creta Palace enjoys a prime location, right by a fine sandy beach and 3.1 miles from the centre of Rethymnon. This exclusive 5-star resort boasts 10 restaurants and bars, 2 outdoor pools,one indoor pool and a private beach area. The elegant rooms at the Grecotel Creta Palace are air conditioned and have wooded floors. Ôhey come with a minibar, flat-screen TV comes with satellite channels and mini hi-fi. Bathrobes and slippers are complimentary. Awarded for its fine cuisine, Grecotel Creta Palace offers no less than 10 food and beverage choices. Guests can spend relaxed moments in the impressive pool area with outdoor pools, indoor pools and children’s pool with waterslides. The new sea-front Elixir Spa proposes facial and body treatments from Indian therapists. Features include an indoor pool with jet black mosaics, pool-view gym with state-of-the-art equipment and a hot tub sun patio.

Crete. As well as the magnificent beaches and warm seas, the size and physical variety of the island of Crete invites exploration, and Grecotel Creta Palace, located at Missiria, Rethymno town, 74100, Greece, is the ideal staring point. Uniquely among Greek islands, Crete’s mountainous spine creates a sense of spaciousness, a life distinct from sea and sand. Fly-drive holidays to Crete – or simply the hire of a car for some days during your stay in Grecotel Creta Palace, – will enable you to seek out the rugged formations of the interior, the fertile countryside and tiny chapels filled with frescoes, the mountain villages where time has stood still. Always, the authentic spirit of the islanders, their fierce independence and pride – as well as the best cooking and most delicious meals that constitute the famed “Cretan Diet” – will more likely be found where few others are looking. With so much to see, with dolphins to watch, shaded squares to paint, olive trees and wild orchids, Minoan remains and sweeping beaches, no wonder Crete holidays and Grecotel Creta Palace are revisited so often.